California Drought Will Cost $2.2 Billion in Agriculture Losses This Year

About 3.8% of State's Farm Jobs Expected to Be Cut

California's drought will cost the state $2.2 billion this year in losses and added expenses for its giant agriculture industry, while cutting 17,100, or 3.8%, of the state's farm jobs, according to a report released Tuesday.

The estimates by the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis, expand on its earlier assessment of drought impacts, which had centered on the state's Central Valley.